Travel Blogs from Juan Dolio

Another day, another port. The Dominican Republic is the eastern side of the island of Hispaniola. The western side is Haiti. We docked at a port called La Romana. There are a few different things you can do here. We chose to visit some caves call Cueva de las Miravillas (the cave of miracles). It was a great option because we got to see a bit of the countryside, we had a very good taxi driver who told us a bit about the island life ...

... and said goodbye to the group. Feel sad to leave the group as they have been great and made me feel more than welcome here. I've had a mixed time here, at times it's been difficult to arrange IT lessons with the group and so difficult to find things to keep myself busy, but when I could work with them it was great and they are really enthusiastic and work extremely hard! I've definitely learnt a lot about the difficult living situation in the bateyes and managed to carry ...

... across the street from where I live - a mere 200 meters away! All in all, I am quite happy with the result of where I live, even if it was frustrating at times to try and get set up. And I have wireless internet that is portable! So no matter where I go in the country, if I bring my computer, I will always have internet!

So I hope you enjoyed the virtual tour - and remember, I am currently taking bookings for the 2009-2010 season! ...

After saying goodbye to my family in Florida, I packed my 3 duffel bags and continued on to Santo Domingo, but only made it here with 2 bags, as JetBlue has a new policy that no one is allowed to bring more than 2 bags to the Dominican Republic...so one bag had to travel all the way back to Canada with my mother, so that I can bring it with me when I go back to Halifax in August.

In any event, I did arrive safe and sound, and was picked up no problem and ...

... and me. They are so relieved and thankful for this enormous generosity, and they wanted me to try to express their gratitude to all who have helped...although I don't think it is possible to put it into words! They told me that they can't believe that I know so many angels in Canada who have answered their prayers to God, and that they want to thank each and every person who ...